Every day, forensic examiners compare pieces of evidence (e.g., fingerprints, bullets) and decide whether they “match”—i.e., came from the same source (e.g., person, gun). These decisions hold obvious ...

Forensic handwriting specialists are often called on to testify in court about the origins of a few lines of writing, or to determine whether a specific person has written a sentence. Following a new ...

Forensic handwriting specialists are often called on to testify in court about the origins of a few lines of writing, or to determine whether a specific person has written a sentence. Scientific and ...

Ballistic analysis, handwriting examination and fingerprint comparison are forensic methods used for decades within the criminal legal system that have come under scrutiny in recent years. Defense ...

Alan Kreitl, 48, is a forensic document examiner at Affiliated Forensic Laboratory in Phoenix. What’s involved in examining documents? The majority of what I do is handwriting comparison, to ascertain ...

Forensic handwriting specialists are often called on to testify in court about the origins of a few lines of writing, or to determine whether a specific person has written a sentence. Scientific and ...